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General Motors reportedly close to selling Hummer for $150 million

General Motors Co., working to cut its U.S. brand count in half as part of its restructuring, is trying to complete a deal to sell Hummer to China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. for about $150 million, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.

Bonneville broadcast will add pepper to the salt

If you've ever been to Bonneville during Speed Week, you know what a thrilling corner of the motorsports world the place occupies: standing out on the endless, blazing-white expanse of salt, hearing the cars before you see them, seeing first the roostertail of salt rocketed into the air, then the tallest part of the rear fin, then the car itself, blasting over the curvature of the Earth, followed by engine cutoff, popping chutes, deceleration and the giddy celebration of driver and crew as yet another record falls. But most people -- those with jobs, kids, responsibilities (where are your priorities, people???) -- will never get a chance to go. So this year, the Southern California Timing Association has made a deal to broadcast audio of the entire Speed Week live, as it happens, direct from the salt, on the fabulous internet.

Enter the I Draw Cars Summer Sketch Off on Facebook

Our friends over at I Draw Cars are holding a sketch-off over the next two weeks on their Facebook page. It couldn't be easier to enter - create a sketch in any medium you like, submit it to contest@idrawcars.com, look out for it in I Draw Cars' ‘Summer Sketch Off' album and share it with your friends. The sketch with the most likes, wins.